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Monty Bowden

Montague Parker Bowden

Born: 1 November 1865, Stockwell, Surrey
Died: 19 February 1892, Umtali (now Mutare), Mashonaland, Rhodesia
Major Teams: Surrey, Transvaal, England.
Known As: Monty Bowden
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: Wicket-Keeper


Test Debut: England v South Africa at Port Elizabeth, 1st Test, 1888/89
Last Test:
England v South Africa at Cape Town, 2nd Test, 1888/89

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    2    2   0    25   25   12.50   0   0    1   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1883 - 1889/90)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   86  132  17  2316  189*  20.13   3   7   73  14

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling                75    35    2  17.50  2-7     0   0  37.5  2.80

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Profile:

Monty Bowden was England's youngest ever Test captain at 23 years 144 days when he took over from C. Aubrey-Smith for the Second Test of England's first ever tour of South Africa in 1888-89. At the time these matches had little importance attached to them - so little in fact that his captaincy was not mentioned in his brief obituary in Wisden. He debuted for Surrey in 1883, and showed great initial promise that was never fully realised. A useful right-handed bat and wicket-keeper, his best season was in 1888, when he averaged over 30, and played for the Gentlemen against the Players at Lord's and The Oval, and for the Gentlemen against Australia at Lord's. He had a good tour of South Africa, despite being run-out for a duck on his Test debut, and presided over a comfortable win when Johnny Briggs destroyed the South African batting in his Test as captain. He enjoyed South Africa so much that he and Aubrey-Smith stayed on at the end of the tour and set up a stock-broking partnership. He represented Transvaal in South African first-class cricket, and made 63 and 126* in the first Currie Cup challenge match. Shortly afterwards he travelled north to what is now Zimbabwe with Cecil Rhodes' Pioneer Column, and settled there. He died in Umtali Hospital - a glorified mud hut where his body had to be protected from marauding lions prior to being interred in a coffin made from whiskey cases (DL 2000).

* Last Updated: Friday, 16-Aug-2002 15:35:19 GMT


 
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